On Sep 14, 3:57*pm, Jeremy Nicoll - news posts
wrote:
benpost wrote:
whats the best way of doing this??

Dunno 'best'. *I've previously used a wide paint-scraper to hold carpet back
just enough to lightly paint below the carpet edge. *But I'm afraid I'm
sloppy enough just to let the carpet spring back after that, at which point
some of it may touch the newly painted skirting. *OTOH if the carpet's going
to touch that closely you're never going to see the skirting behind the
touching carpet anyway.

I'd have thought that all the cleverer ideas, like blinds slats, suffer from
the same problem. *If you remove them while the paint is wet the carpet can
spring back, whereas if you let the paint dry, getting the slats out again
without breaking the painty edge might be tricky.

Slats sounds like a great idea.

Since the paint edge between the guard and the wall is below the
carpet edge it doesnt much matter what happens to it. Oil based paints
dry soon enough, but take a few days to cure.

Plus theres no need to paint down that far, just go a bit below the
carpet line. Whatever guard you use, tucking it under the skirting (or
PB when there's no skirting) clears the carpet out the way, making a
very easy workspace.


NT